What is Barometer?

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...